--- description: Thinking smaller to beat ISIS, sharing data to beat cancer, getting rid of wired internet access and more. title: Why We Need Start Small to Beat ISIS image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Why We Need Start Small to Beat ISIS by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2016 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2016 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**To beat ISIS, we need to think smaller.**](http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016/05/beat-isis-we-must-think-smaller/128243/ "undefined") By Justin Richmond and Ryan B. Greer in Defense One **2\.** [**Really want to speed up cancer research? Start sharing more data.**](https://www.statnews.com/2016/05/17/cancer-research-data-enclaves/ "undefined") By Tom Coburn and Daniel P. Petrylak in Stat News **3\.** [**Why bother running wires into every home? Cheaper, faster, all-wireless internet is coming soon.**](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601442/wireless-super-fast-internet-access-is-coming-to-your-home/ "undefined") By David Talbot in the MIT Technology Review **4\.** [**Actually, spies don’t need to listen to your conversations to figure out who you are.**](http://www.dailydot.com/politics/surveillance-phone-metadata-identifiable-stanford-study/ "undefined") By Eric Geller in the Daily Dot **5\.** [**As you age, your brain is changing — to be wise.**](http://nautil.us/issue/36/aging/the-wisdom-of-the-aging-brain "undefined") By Anil Ananthaswamy in Nautilus  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4339882/beat-isis-think-small/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4339882/beat-isis-think-small/"},"headline":"Why We Need Start Small to Beat ISIS","datePublished":"2016-05-18T16:01:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:59.453Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4339882/beat-isis-think-small/","keywords":["Innovation","Internet","Aging","Cancer","ISIS","spies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4339882/beat-isis-think-small/","name":"Why We Need Start Small to Beat ISIS"}}]}] ```